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Génesis 11:3

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3 Y dijeron los unos a los otros: Dad acá, hagamos ladrillo y cozámoslo con fuego. Y les fue el ladrillo en lugar de piedra, y el betún en lugar de mezcla.

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Arcana Coelestia #1331

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1331. That 'Shem' is internal worship in general is clear from what has just been said. The nature of the internal worship of this Church is evident from the people referred to one after another from Shem, that is to say, they all had to do with factual knowledge. Further confirmation of this is gained from the numbers of the years when those numbers are examined more closely and broken down into their components.

  
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